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Title: Could be Anything
Summary: SEQUEL TO INTO THE DARK: Takes places immediately after the last chapter, Meredith must now deal with the fact that Derek is no longer married and he wants her back but it she willing to get hurt all over again?
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There are times when even the best of us have trouble with commitment and we may be surprised at the commitments we're willing to let slip out of our grasp. Commitments are complicated. We may surprise ourselves by the commitments we're willing to make. True commitment, takes effort, and sacrifice. Which is why sometimes, we have to learn the hard way to choose our commitments very carefully.
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Chapter 10 – Universe and U
You know I tell the truth
We are just the same
I can feel everything you do
Hear everything you say
Meredith ran after Derek but by the time she had gotten outside, it was too late. His car was already pulling out of the driveway. She didn't know what to do. It was raining and she was sitting on her front lawn.
George had been busy lately, with everything that had happened with Izzie was a lot to deal with. He was running down the hall when Callie stopped him.
"George!" Callie called out.
"Oh, hey Callie."
"I haven't talked to you in almost a week."
"I know, things have been pretty crazy with Izzie."
"Yeah, that's what I thought but George I'm your girlfriend."
"I know Callie but Izzie is having a very hard time right now and she needs us."
"Of course George, they always come first to you." Callie rolled her eye.
"Callie whether you like it or not, Meredith, Izzie and even Cristina are my family. You have to learn to accept that."
"We're done George." Callie said and walked away.
Meredith didn't know how much time passed and she was pretty sure that Finn had left sometime ago but she couldn't move. She had once again managed to screw things up in her life once again. Meredith was too involved in her thoughts to hear a car pull up and someone walking up to her.
"Meredith you have to get up. It's pouring and you are going to get sick." Izzie said, trying to pull her up.
"I don't want to." Meredith said sounding like a 5 year old.
"People are worried about you. You were supposed to be back at the hospital an hour ago."
"Crap." Meredith got up and started to walk to her car door but before she could reach the door Izzie stopped her.
"No, you're not going in. I told George that you got sick and I was taking care of you."
"Thanks Izzie."
"No problem." Izzie pulled Meredith up, "Now let's go inside, warm you up and you can tell me what is going on."
Once Meredith had changed into some dry clothes and Izzie had made some hot chocolate, the questioning began.
"So what happened?" Izzie asked.
"Before I start the story there is something that you need to know." Meredith said.
Izzie nodded.
"Okay after Denny died I realized that time can be too short sometimes and we shouldn't waste or let go of something that we want and that is right in front of us. So I went to Derek and basically told him that I had made a mistake and I wanted to start over again."
"So you and McDreamy are back together?" Meredith nodded, "Since Denny died?"
"Yep and now I screwed things up again."
"What do you mean?" Izzie asked.
"Well I forgot to break up with Finn and he came here and kissed me and Derek saw nad now I really am a whore."
Izzie wrapped her arms around Meredith as she began to cry.
They stayed like this until they heard the front door opening.
"Meredith!" George called out.
"Oh, she better be here and McDreamy better not be here." Cristina said.
They walked into the living and found Izzie and Meredith.
George turned to Izzie, "What happened?"
"I am right here, you can just ask me."
"I'm curious Mere, I really am because Bailey thinks that since Derek called in saying that he wasn't feeling good and so did you that you two ditched together." Cristina said.
"Derek called in sick?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, cancelled all of his surgeries." Cristina said.
Meredith then proceeded to tell them the same story that she told Izzie.
"So you and McDreamy have your McLife again?" George asked.
"We did but now I screwed things up again." Meredith said.
"Meredith go to him and tell him everything and I know that he will understand." Izzie said.
"You think so?" Meredith asked.
The three of them nodded.
"Okay then." She got up and left.
After stopping at Joe's and the ferryboats, Meredith went to the last place Derek would be – the trailer. She had thought it was too obvious and that was why she hadn't checked there first.
Sure enough, when she drove up, she saw the lights on and his car parked in front.
She went up to the door of the trailer and didn't bother knocking and allowed herself inside. When she stepped inside, she saw him laying down on his bed looking sadder than she had ever seen.
"What do you want?" Derek said with disgust in his voice.
"To apologize." She said softly.
"For cheating on me?"
"I didn't n cheat on you."
"That's not what it looked like." Derek said.
"You didn't give me a chance to explain." Meredith moved to sit on the edge of Derek's bed.
"Okay then, explain why you were kissing Finn."
"I wasn't kissing Finn, he kissed me."
"Why?" Derek's voice was still cold.
"Because I forgot to break up with Finn after we got back together. I was too preoccupied with you and Izzie that it slipped my mind and then Finn showed up with food for Izzie and kissed me. I tried to push him off but it was too late. Derek I love you. In a really big pretend to like your taste in music," Derek smiled, "Let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that make me feel horrible for what I put you through. So please love me, trust me, forgive me."
Derek leaned into Meredith. He caressed the side her face.
"You don't need to be forgiven." He said and leaned into her and kissed her. She responded and pushed him onto the bed.
A/N
Sorry for the long wait, I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter and please don't forget to review.
On a side note, I am thinking about doing a MerDer story where Meredith is Derek's wedding planner. What do you guys think? Please let me know!
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